After decades (centuries, even!) of research on nutrition, eating fruits and vegetables is still the best way to get the nutrients your body needs. In pregnancy, those nutrients serve many purposes: provide energy, promote healthy digestion, boost immunity, fight disease, maintain/improve body and brain function, provide the the foundation for your baby's growth and development, and prevent birth defects.

According to American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines, pregnant people should start taking low-dose prenatal aspirin between weeks 12 and 28 of the pregnancy – but recent evidence shows that starting closer to the beginning of the second trimester may be more beneficial.

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Endometriosis is a condition, with no cure but many treatments, that causes the same kinds of cells (tissue) that line the uterus to also grow outside of the uterus on nearby organs, usually within the pelvis. Because these cells grow and shrink corresponding

On World Birth Defects Day, we want to take a brief moment to share information on the things you can do to reduce your chances of giving birth to a baby with a birth defect. Before we list that information, it's important to know two things: most birth defects cannot be prevented because their

About the Blog Manager

Cara Terreri is a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, certified DONA doula, and a professional writer, editor, and content specialist. She has been part of the Lamaze International team since 2004. Cara manages and writes for the Lamaze parents’ blog, Giving Birth With Confidence. She lives and works in the Orlando, FL, area with her husband and three children.